IAI Dagger - PM Model - 1/72

[goon 1,492]

2 hours ago, Long said:

Opened up the bomb bay:

Just kidding

 

 

I had an actual WTF?! moment.  

[Long 1,698]

The Daggers elevons droop slightly when the aircraft isn't powered up, so I started some surgery and removed them from one side. Strangely the moulded raised lines are in the correct place on one wing, and completely wrong on the other:

You can also see the slit I cut into the leading edge of the wing. I'm not sure if it's a gap between the slats, or some sort of dogtooth, but it's there in the photos of the real thing.

[Long 1,698]

Sorted out the intakes. Probably not quite to scale, but oh well:

 

Also drilled out the gun ports:

 

[Long 1,698]

Added some bits made of sprue and plasticard.

Also stared shaping some scrap into the fairly long nose the Dagger has.

[Grunhertz 17,463]

Nice one 

[Long 1,698]

The bottom left piece of plastic is the kit engine. I added the black plastic etc in an attempt to give it some depth when looking into it.

Then I decided it just didn't look like an engine at all, and started from scratch, building the white bit on the right.

 

For the sticky out bit I wanted to create the look of the individual petal thingies, so I wrapped some 0.5mm plasticard around an allen key. This sort of worked, except the allen keys diameter was too small, meaning I couldn't wrap it around without overlapping and thus lessening the denting effect.

 

Then I tried wrapping it around this jar lid, and pressing it into the grooves with my thumbnail:

 

That worked pretty well, so I trimmed the engine structure down a bit and glued the plasticard into place:

 

With some paint that will hopefully be effective.

Edited September 23, 2022 by Long

[steelpillow 812]

Looks better than the plumber's fitting supplied with the kit.

[Grunhertz 17,463]

Lovely 

[goon 1,492]

Great work on the exhaust. (*Makes mental note...)

[Long 1,698]

With the group build ending in -2 days I thought I may as well post a few photos of where I'm at.

My health has been exceptionally poor for the last while, so the Dagger has spent quite a bit of time on the shelf.

I did manage to create and attach the nose:

 

The nose gear was modified, lengthened to fit the new gear bay, and attached.

 

The holes for the main landing gear are too far forward, and there's a major part missing. So new holes were made, the gear attached, and missing parts made from red sprue.

It's a bit of a mess, but I'm sure it'll scrub up eventually!

 

[steelpillow 812]

Sorry to hear of your problems. Hope you get better, so you can finish it in style.

Err, just to be clear, that's I hope for your benefit, not just 'cos I really wanna see it (which I do too, of course).

[Gorby 18,587]

Sorry to hear you've not been well - the Dagger looks great.

[Hutch6390 2,425]

I hope you're in better health, Long, and this is good work - l look forward to seeing more 👍

[Long 1,698]

Thanks chaps, glad you're enjoying it. In theory there isn't much more to do, in theory!